Carr: Roscommon have will to win

IT was all smiles and hand-shakes in Bank of Ireland centre yesterday. John Maughan and Tommy Carr have a friendship stretching back over two decades, and it shows.

This was friendly fare, far removed from what we can expect in Sunday's Connacht football final.

When Mayo and Roscommon meet for the saucer-shaped Nestor Cup, something tends to give. Along the Moy, they are still sore about Gerry Lohan's poxy goal that robbed them of the title in 2001, while this Roscommon side just need a provincial title to prove their worth, after travelling to Croker last year by the scenic route.